Galena Park, Texas - In a specially called meeting on Saturday June 25,
2016, the mayor and city commissioners will meet behind closed doors to discuss
and take possible action in the appointment of Edward J. Mata as Chief of
Police.

Mata, a former Galena Park police officer retired from the department in 2014.

On June 9, 2016 in a specially called meeting, the mayor and city commission
members met behind closed doors to discuss and demoted Jonathan M. Rader who
had been the chief of police since 2012.

Since the police department is covered by civil service and the chief was
promoted to the position, he will return to his previous rank and pay.

Interestingly, in 2011 a charge of gender discrimination was filed with the
EEOC by a female officer against the Galena Park Police Department. In
the complaint, among other things, it states that in a taped conversation,
Eddie Mata reverently bragged about “the Blue Code” and treating women like
sexual objects. Also in the recording, Mata admitted to having sex with a
seventeen (17) year old student who volunteered at the Galena Park Police
Department through the Galena Park High School’s work force.